[tor-relays] Tor automatic start

Keifer_Bly · December 1, 2024, 7:15pm

Hi,

So on Debain 12, is there a way to configure tor to start automatically when the os boots? Thanks.

–Keifer

tor-operator_urdn.co · December 2, 2024, 2:53pm

So on Debain 12, is there a way to configure tor to start
automatically when the os boots? Thanks.

If you've installed Tor from the repositories it will install a systemd
.service and it should be enabled by default.

Check the status of tor.service :

$ systemctl status tor

Enable the service on start :

$ systemctl enable tor

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fossdd · December 2, 2024, 2:40pm

Do you mean something like, `systemctl enable tor`?

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On Sun Dec 1, 2024 at 8:15 PM CET, Keifer Bly wrote:

Hi,

So on Debain 12, is there a way to configure tor to start automatically
when the os boots? Thanks.

--Keifer

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William_Denton1 · December 2, 2024, 3:20pm

One way is to use the @reboot time in a cron job. If you run

crontab -e

you can edit your list of cron jobs and add in something like

@reboot /path/to/tor

Mine looks like this:

SHELL=/bin/bash
@reboot ~/conforg/scripts/tor-run.sh

The script that gets run is here:

github.com

wdenton/conforguration/blob/master/conforg/scripts/tor-run.sh

#!/bin/bash
if tmux has-session -t tor
 then
     echo "Session tor exists; killing it nicely ..."
     tmux send-keys -t tor:1 "C-c"
     tmux send-keys -t tor:2 "C-c"
     tmux send-keys -t tor:3 "C-c"
     tmux send-keys -t tor:4 "C-c"
     sleep 35
     tmux kill-window -t tor:1
     tmux kill-window -t tor:2
     tmux kill-window -t tor:3
     tmux kill-window -t tor:4
 fi

echo "Starting tor session ..."

tmux new-session -d -s "tor"

if [[ -z $TOR_IFACE ]]; then

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It sets up a tmux session with four windows: one running Tor, one tailing the log, one showing a bar chart of bandwidth use, and one a shell where I can run a report of bandwidth use. Combined, if the machine reboots then thirty seconds after it comes back Tor is running and I can run `tmux attach` to check in on it, then or weeks later.

Bill

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On Sunday, December 1st, 2024 at 14:15, Keifer Bly <keifer.bly@gmail.com> wrote:

So on Debain 12, is there a way to configure tor to start automatically when the os boots? Thanks.

--
William Denton

Librarian, artist and licensed private investigator.
Toronto, Canada

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Keifer_Bly · December 4, 2024, 2:13am

Thanks all.

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–Keifer